This week is Taylor's 13th birthday. We've been looking at a lot of his baby pictures and scrapbooks. He was such an adorable, cute, chubby, smily baby boy! I love this old pics of him and great grandma Wall. 

He adored great grandma Wall because she spoiled in with love and lot of treats. We love this cute boy! 

Emily and Isaac worked on their Valentine boxes, we made an owl and a pirate ship. They turned out cute and were simple to do. They both have parties at school on Friday to celebrate the big holiday. 

SLC has had the worst polluted air this week! The inversion is really awful.  The air quality is so bad you can't even be outside. Teresa sent me this picture from up at their house at Suncrest. It's blue skies and sunny where they live, maybe we should move?

On Saturday Danny took the kids to Kamas for a winter drive and to get out of the inversion. They ate lunch High Mountain cafe, they have such delicious food and shakes. 

We had Hannah and Allison to play one day, it was on Hannah's 3rd birthday. She's such  cute girl! 

It was Lizzie's turn to take Ellie home from school. This is her favorite stuffed animal. She drags it everywhere with us when she has it. 

Taylor went to Yellowstone to spend the weekend at his friends cabin, so we celebrated his birthday early before he left. We had a yummy, dinner, ice cream sandwiches ( he didn't want cake) and all told our favorite things about Tay.  Lately he has a special bond with Lizzie and it's really cute. She really loves her big brother Tay and talks about him all the time. Happy Birthday Taylor! We love you! 

This was the last week of Basketball.  Taylor, Emily and isaac all improved their ball skills. They all had a fun season and had a good time playing with their friends. 

Emily is doing a book report about Dr. Seuss. She drew this amazing picture on the side of a brown paper bag. She is a great artist and really talented at drawing, painting etc... I am proud of the time she put into working on this report. 

A few more picture of this chunky boy! We are so glad he's in our family. Happy bday Taylor! 

Lizzie made this adorable picture at primary today. I love her artwork, and her cute writing. 

We made Valentine boxes this weekend. The kids had fun making the pirate ship and owl boxes. 

We had fun with Emily and her friends at activity days this week. We heart attacked all their primary teachers etc... They had fun hiding behind cars after they doorbell ditched them. 

Lizzie entertaining herself during the 3-4 basketball games a week  that she attends for Taylor, Emily & Isaac's games. She's a good sport but likes to do selfies on my phone. 

Go Isaac go! He's really improving his game. 

I've been looking at lots of old pictures of Taylor as a baby and toddler. He was such a sweet, happy, curious, chubby baby! I am sad that he will be 13 later this month. 

Taylor finished his Science Project. He worked a lot on this all week, it's always nice when the project is over.

I had fun teaching Lizzie's class again. We learned about the letter Q, we made a quilt, talked about queens, and quarters.
She likes having me teach her class. 

Lizzie got to go on a fun bike ride with her friend Hazel. They loved going in the bike bucket, it's such a great bike! 

Isaac got some whipped cream in his face at his friend Logan's house. 

Friday we pulled the kids out of school early and went skiing at Alta. It was a great day to be on the slopes, and not a lot of crowds! Lizzie is really improving a lot and she is getting lot more brave too. I am so proud of her! it's really a fun activity or all go skiing together. 

She has mastered the pizza/snowplow!

The kids want to go skiing every Friday now! 

Lizzie has been taking dance all Fall. She had a small performance last week, just for parents. She was so cute and had fun dancing with her friends on the stage!

We are busy with Basketball every week. Taylor, Emily & Isaac are all playing so it makes for a very busy time. They are all improving and we had the deal that if they score during their game we go get a treat after the game. Last week we had to get treats every night because they all scored at least 1 basket during their games. It's fun to see them improving. 

I taught Lizzie's preschool on Thursday about the letter I. We made ice cream in individual baggies. The kids had fun, but had a hard time moving the cream so it would turn into ice cream. All in all it was a fun project though. Lizzie LOVES her school and adores all her friend and her teacher too. 

A couple of pictures from Taylor's ball game. He's playing church ball and on another team so he's getting a lot playing time. 

Great Grandma Shields made this adorable baby quilt for Lizzie for Christmas. She has  carried her  baby around in it all week! 

Taylor did excellent in his classes for the first semester. He got all A's, and we are so glad he did the extended program MELP. It's been a lot of work, but he's done great! 

We had a lot of snow over the weekend. The kids had fun making snow forts, snow men, and playing outside!

January means it's Science Fair at the schools. Taylor and his friend Ollie are working on a project about surface tension etc.. They tested different kinds of soaps, hopefully it gets completed in time. 

Lizzie's preschool teacher had a baby recently so a couple of moms are teaching for a  month or two while she is on maternity leave. I get to teach every Thursday. It was a fun day, the kids are really cute and Lizzie was SO excited to have me at her school. We talked about the letter W, we learned about wool, and did a W craft. 

Emily is improving at her basketball skills. She's having fun and doing great! 

Taylor has been having a lot of fun with this selfie stick. He took tons of pictures and they all looks like this. 

Saturday we went skiing at Alta all day. The kids really had a fun day. Taylor just takes off with his go pro and we don't see him until lunch at the lodge. Emily and Isaac had fun skiing with their cousins all day. Lizzie  was really nervous, this is the first time we've taken her this season. She did great and was really having a good time by the afternoon. Hopefully she'll keep improving and be skiing with the rest of us in no time. It as a cold, snowy day on the mountain but we had a terrific day!